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Practice Exam
Solve each equation.
1. Juan bought n video games. Write an
expression to show the total cost of the
games if each game cost $16.
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2. Write two verbal expressions for 2d.
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3. Evaluate pq for p  5 and q  9.
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4. x  18  10
Solve each equation.
10. 4(z  1)  1  21
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11. 1 
d
 12
10
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12. A car detailing company charges $30
plus $18 per hour. Another company
charges $25 plus $20 per hour. How
long is a job that costs the same no
matter which company is used?
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5. 29  a  5
Solve each equation.
13. 12a  15  8a  1
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6. Write an equation to represent the
relationship “a number decreased by 12
is equal to 9.” Then solve the equation.
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Solve each equation.
7. 54  6m
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8.
1
t  8
2
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9. Write an equation to represent the
relationship “the product of 7 and a
number is 28.” Then solve the equation.
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14. 3(x  1)  1  3x  2
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15. Solve D 
M
for M.
V
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16. Solve x  6y  12 for y.
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17. A train travels 120 miles in one hour.
What is its speed in miles per minute?
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18. What is the solution to x  13?
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19. What is the solution to x  5  15?
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20. Solve
s
1
 .
10
2
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21. The ratio of the sale price of a textbook to
the original price is 1:3. The original price
is $81. What is the sale price?
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22. A rectangle has a length of 5 cm and a
width of 4 cm. Every dimension is tripled
to form a similar rectangle. What is the
ratio of the perimeters of the two
rectangles?
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23. Shayla is 5 feet tall and casts a shadow
2 feet long. At the same time, a nearby
lamppost casts a shadow 8 feet long.
Write and solve a proportion to find the
height of the lamppost.
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24. Find the value of x in the diagram.
∆ABC ~ ∆DEF
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25. Find the value of x in the diagram.
LMNP  QRST
N
M
S
R
x
4 in.
L
8 in.
P
Q
2 in.
T
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Practice Exam Answers
1. 16n
2. Possible answers: “The product of 2 and d.” or “2 multiplied by d.”
3. pq = 45
4. x  28
5. a  24
6. n  12  9; n  21
7. m  9
9. 7n  28; n  4
11. d  130
8. t  16
10. z  6
12. 2.5 h
13. a  4
14. x  all real numbers
15. M  DV
17. 2 mi/min
19. 10, 20
21. $27
5 x
 ; 20 ft
23.
2 8
x
6
18. 13, 13
16. y  2 
20. s  5
22. 3
24. 12
25. x = 1 in.
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